Durchlaucht Alfred August, Fürst zu Windischgraetz |
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Prince Alfred August of Windischgraetz in 1893
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11th Minister-President of Cisleithania Prince of Windisch-Grätz | |
In office 11 November 1893 – 19 June 1895 |
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Monarch | Francis Joseph I |
Preceded by | Eduard Graf von Taaffe |
Succeeded by | Erich Graf von Kielmansegg |
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Born |
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
31 October 1851
Died | 23 November 1927 Tachov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia |
(aged 76)
Spouse(s) | Princess Gabrielle von Auersperg |
Children | Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz |
Parents | Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz |
Alfred III, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (German: Alfred August Karl Maria Wolfgang Erwin Fürst zu Windisch-Grätz; 31 October 1851, Prague – 23 November 1927, Tachov) was a Bohemian nobleman and Austro-Hungarian statesman. He served as the 11th Minister-President of Cisleithania and was President of the Herrenhaus from 1895 to 1918. Through his daughter, Princess Maria Hedwig of Windisch-Grätz, he was a great-grandfather of Princess Michael of Kent (formerly Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz).
He was a son of Alfred II, Prince of Windisch-Grätz and his wife Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz.